Sparing no time to converse, Takeru charges toward him with a piercing attack, but he forces himself to stop when Sougetsu pulls Kiseki in front of him. Kurogane deduces the platoon's reasons for coming and tells Takeru to leave, and explains that he will take care of everything and suggests that they run away and protect themselves instead of participating in the war. . However during the events of the platoon tournament, she is killed by Haunted and a clone of hers is used as a trojan horse to ferry him into the arena. Takeru was born into the Kusanagi Clan whose village was located in the Tohoku mountains and was taught the art of his family's swordsmanship at an early age. It has lost a significant portion of its power in the aftermath of the war and doesn't have a personality. Usagi correctly discerns who the real enemy is, and Mephisto is forced out of Ouka's body and destroyed after a direct shot to her ethereal form. Through accelerated growth, Kanaria's appearance is that of a teenager when in reality . Above the underground prisoner area near the ruined academy, Orochi and Takeru duel begin their duel with Takeru being unable to properly register Orochi as an enemy, instead still viewing him as a teacher and family member. Prior to the start of the series, Takeru was extremely irritable and volatile which often led him to get into fights. Due to a witch killing her adoptive family, she has fostered a hatred for all things related to magic, which leads her to clash with Mari almost immediately; though this eases up as they become more familiar with each other. Haunted is a Necromancer with Ancient Despair Magic. At the battle's end, he approaches Ouka and announces that he has proven himself strong enough to walk beside her in helping her accomplish her goal. Ikaruga stays with Usagi, and the others chase Mamoru and Kurogane through the building. Lapis describes her emotions as something strictly "human" and wanting to monopolize Takeru for herself and fears that she might eat away at his memories of the others if she feels jealous enough. For this reason, Takeru has Sougetsu's godhood absorbed into Lapis and Lapis becomes the new god so the world doesn't die along Sougetsu. Takeru's fight with Kiseki overloads his natural limitations with Soumatou, but he hardly feels the physical repercussions of their effects with his mind solely focused with how everything had led up to this moment. Takeru's ears pick up a noise and Sougetsu is cut. Takeru is shortly drugged and weakened while Ikaruga tells him to not follow her as she joins Isuka on a helicopter to the 5th Laboratory. Orochi mused at how the flower petals should be left naturally but lamented at how it was used to seep away magic from the captured witches beneath the area. A prodigy and a former candidate for a position in Dullahan, until she was demoted and joined the 35th platoon. On an excursion with his classmates, Mari and her friends crash land their flight device on the academy's West Side, garnering a few of the student's attention and hostility. She bids Takeru farewell with the brightest smile she ever made before she departs to become the new God. Sougetsu's life is directly connected to the magic of the planet. 35th Test Platoon, also known the "Small Fry Platoon," is the lowest-ranking platoon in the Anti-Magic Academy and the titular crew of characters of the series follows. With Laugh Maker's intention to die to clear herself of her sins, Ouka had trouble in deciding how to properly judge her, and Takeru overlaps her trembling hands with his and states that she'll be the one to aim while he would pull the trigger for her, fulfilling the promise he had made to her to assist her in her vengeance. Takeru reminisces his indecisive past and finds himself with Lapis in the same realm where he entered his contract with her, and she offers him more power to be used to fulfill his desires and asks if he would sacrifice anything if it meant having it, to which Takeru agrees. While they duel Kiseki begins to blame Takeru for not killing her years ago, allowing her to become a monster. She has been switching bodies for centuries to continue her research and infinitely extend her knowledge. Kurogane draws Caligula and states that he won't allow for that to happen, and warns Takeru for the last time to leave with his teammates and get themselves to safety. She is the current host of the Hyakki Yakou, the manifested form of countless demons that is the product of the Kusanagi Clan's inherited curse. Takeru manages to kill her by stabbing her with the spirit silver knife that Eliza had tried to kill him and Lapis with. Takeru is informed that his comrades are in danger and quickly moves out to find them, with Usagi being saved first and he goes on ahead to find Ouka and Ikaruga inside the 5th Laboratory's ruins while Kanaria, Mari, and Usagi guarded the entrance. The team are; however, met with immediate opposition in the form of a powerful creature spawned by the Hyakki Yakou, an incarnated form of the malevolent curse Kiseki bears, and its apparent immunity to magic through its demonic erosion on the team's own magical means of attack. A member of the EXE and an ace sniper in the Banshees. Takeru unexpectedly agrees with the plan and makes do with the idea of sacrifice while Lapis tries to talk him out of it. Kyouya survives, and Takeru continues the fight alone and is further beaten down. Takeru breaks into the chapel and saves Usagi and tells her to back Mari up while she works on dispelling the school-wide spell while he dealt with Reima. One of the Sacred Treasure-type Magical Heritages that clashed with Mistelteinn to cause the end of the first Witch Hunt War and destroy most of the world. The current student council president of Anti Magic Academy. Later, Takeru encounters Ikaruga who had previously went after Kanaria after the latter's outburst. The younger twin sister of Takeru Kusanagi. By the time he finds her, Kiseki had already calmed down due to his platoon member's efforts and finally comes to terms in reciprocating their wish. She states that the individual known as "Suzaku Suginami" no longer has a soul due to maintaining her existence through transferring her consciousness to the Suginami Design Children. This made him understandably feared and hated by the other children, which led to his problem with socializing with others. Lapis is a short girl, who has long purple hair that are stylized into . Anime season charts; Watch anime online; Anime recommendations; . Before he can reach his sister he is attacked by Haunted who resisted being absorbed, determined to take Kiseki to Valhalla. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! For some strange reason, Takeru's "narrowness" began to fade when he conversed with her. He promises to keep Kiseki from harming his friends. It's a sign that she's in fact a Sacred Treasure. Takeru proposes that they fight it out, a chance to have their raw emotions on display and truly learn more of each other and if they truly do feel the same way as they do now afterward, they would pursue their wishes for each other. Takeru swears to protect Usagi. She's the captain of the Miko's Sixth Squad. The two remain silently content until Nagaru breaks them out of their cells and reunites them with the rest of the platoon, and Takeru moves on ahead to chase the truck containing Kiseki. However, the letter from the Inquisition branding her a traitor prompts him to lead the rest of the 35th Platoon to tail her to see where she truly intends ongoing. Ikaruga forces him to put on a gothic lolita cosplay, has one of his perverted accidents with them. He answers her questions back and she reveals herself to be Lapis, a Relic Eater, and the two enter a contract. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Seeing Takeru hurt Kiseki loses control and begins absorbing everything, growing to an enormous size. The Chairman's subordinate Kurogane enters her cell to subdue her. Kiseki continues to grow throughout the city, absorbing buildings and people as she goes. During another platoon activity, Takeru chases his target into an alleyway and hears terrified screams from a dark corner, and finds Kiseki approaching him. Ouka in particular notes that she and Lapis agreed to have Vlad disarm Takeru from God Hunter form should he exceed his time limit. Her sole intent is to continue hunting witches and eventually find the one who was responsible and Takeru makes a promise that if he showed his strength to her, she would allow him to assist her in her goals. Ikaruga wakes up the unconscious Usagi by insulting her large breasts, though one of her eyes is injured. Kazuma was one of the first inquisitors to question the ways of the Inquisition and his beliefs brought allies to his side, which resulted in him being fired. On another mission 35th Platoon track an extremely dangerous wizard to his hideout but they are discovered. not end up destroying the world with Lapis' power. Artificial Human: As revealed in volume 17. As the team entered the abandoned newspaper press to find the document, they encountered Kurogane as well as a number of EXE operatives sent to apprehend him. Upon his rebirth as a young boy . Shortly after that, Kazuma, his wife and daughter were killed by the Laugh Maker using their adopted daughter Ouka. Takeru and Ouka in particular were selected for their leadership abilities and assigned as the new Vice Captains of the EXE under Kanata's supervision. Also, his ultimate goal is ending the world. Takeru and the platoon prepare to head out, and they are approached by Kyouya who offers them his assistance in retrieving their objective. In Volume 6, Takeru bonds more deeply with Lapis once he starts treating her more as a person and partner instead of merely a weapon. The Chairman tells Takeru that Kiseki will be moved to a secret Alchemist facility with the hope of finally suppressing her powers. While Takeru's introduction was fairly neutral, a fight breaks out between the respective faction leaders, Sage and Yuzuho, and Takeru breaks the two up and later asks the two of them to come alone so they could get to know each other more. Ouka's fight with Laugh Maker turns out for the worst where Ikaruga was forcibly made to bind Ouka, and Laugh Maker was at the brink of destroying Ouka's mind before God Hunter armor's flames dissipated the magic around them. Takeru concentrates his full willpower into his Soumatou and for a single instance is able to out-speed Kurogane's field of vision and slash him across the chest. The team is hauled away to safety by Sage and his squad, and with news of the alliance headquarters being evacuated, and the rest of the alliance convened in an abandoned hotel. Due to incorporating vampire cells into his body, he is semi-immortal though he didn't really need it in the first place considering his skill in combat. Takeru suddenly awakens, wearing much more powerful armour and forcibly deactivates Oka's Relic Eater, telling the girls to get to safety before his soul is fully consumed and he is no longer Takeru anymore.